Species factsheet

Rufous Woodpecker (Micropternus brachyurus)

Order: Micropternus brachyurus
Family: Woodpeckers (Picidae)

Danish name: Rustfarvet Spætte

Voices can be found here (External link)

Subspecies and Distribution

jerdonii

c and s India, Sri Lanka

humei

nw India to w Nepal

phaioceps

c Nepal and ne India to sw and s China, n and e Thailand and Burma

annamensis

Laos, Cambodia and s Vietnam

fokiensis

se China and n Vietnam

holroydi

Hainan I. (off se China)

williamsoni

sw and c Thailand, n Malay Pen.

badius

Sumatra

brachyurus

Java

badiosus

Borneo and n Natuna Is.

Photos

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